Category: News
UKSH und DRK bauen erstes digitales Epilepsieberatungszentrum in Norddeutschland auf
Am Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) wird das erste digitale Beratungszentrum für Menschen mit Epilepsie in Norddeutschland aufgebaut. Schleswig-Holsteins Gesundheitsministerin Kerstin von der Decken übergab am heutigen Sonnabend, 20. August 2022, offiziell einen Förderbescheid des ...
22.08.2022
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences: The number of medical tourists fell by 34 percent in 2020
Im Jahr 2020 haben sich nach Erhebungen der Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS) 65.586 Patientinnen und Patienten aus dem Ausland stationär in Deutschland behandeln lassen. Das entspricht einem Rückgang um knapp 34 Prozent gegenüber dem Vorjahr. 2019 hatte die Zahl noch bei gut 97.300 gelegen. ...
19.08.2022
German Alzheimer Society presents new figures on dementia: Significantly more sufferers under 65 than previously assumed
According to the latest estimates, around 1.8 million people in Germany are currently living with dementia. Most of them are affected by Alzheimer's disease. In 2021, approximately 440,000 people were newly diagnosed with dementia. As a result of demographic...
18.08.2022
Obtain patient perspective on care
What experiences do patients have before, during, and after cardiac catheterization? What do they say about the treatment process – for example, were the examination and results well explained? On behalf of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA),...
17.08.2022
New study shows: Pharmacists are missing from the interprofessional intensive care team in Germany
The results of a new national survey in German intensive care units show that intensive care physicians see interprofessional collaboration with pharmacists as having a positive impact on medication safety in critically ill patients. Teamwork also leads to...
17.08.2022
Holetschek insists on comprehensive care reform
Bavaria's Minister of Health and Care, Klaus Holetschek, is insisting that the federal government comprehensively reform the legal framework for long-term care, thereby enabling more staff. Holetschek emphasized this on August 14th at the publication of the new...
16.08.2022
Kick-off on 1 September 2022: The new hospital plan for North Rhine-Westphalia will be implemented
Health Minister Laumann, together with stakeholders from North Rhine-Westphalia's healthcare system, presented the further process for implementing the new hospital planning. With the publication of the new NRW Hospital Plan 2022, the state has laid the foundations for sustainable...
16.08.2022
BKK umbrella association wants to establish an early warning system against supply shortages of pharmaceuticals
Reports of drug supply shortages are increasing. Numerous medications, such as fever syrups for children, cancer medications, blood pressure reducers, and antibiotics, are currently in short supply. They are currently difficult or even impossible to obtain. The BKK umbrella association is addressing this issue and calling for...
16.08.2022
RESIST: New inhibitors against coronaviruses
Finding active substances against SARS-CoV-2 and, if possible, other coronaviruses – this is the goal pursued by a team at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) led by DZIF scientist Prof. Thomas Schulz since the virus emerged. They are now working together with the team at the...
11.08.2022
Recent study: Repeated messages improve vaccination behavior
A high vaccination rate is key in the fight against coronavirus – most experts agree on this. But even though there are already a number of effective and well-tolerated vaccines against the coronavirus, many people still choose not to get vaccinated. Therefore...